AdminForge – Admin Management Toolkit provides admin menu control, dashboard widget management, and admin UI customization for a clean, focused free e …
| Author: | Kirtikumar Solanki (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 5.8 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.9.4 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 31-03-2026 |
| Last updated: | 31-03-2026 |
| Rating, %: | 0 |
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| Total downloads: | 35 |
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AdminForge – Admin Management Toolkit (Free) helps site owners clean up the WordPress admin area without editing theme files or writing custom code.
This version focuses on practical day-to-day admin improvements:
- Hide admin menu items per role.
- Hide core dashboard widgets per role.
- Customize the admin footer text.
- Hide the front-end admin bar for selected roles.
All settings are available from a single screen under Settings -> Admin Toolkit.
Main Features
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Admin menu control
- Detects currently registered admin menu slugs.
- Lets you hide selected menu items for each role.
- Helpful for reducing clutter for editors, authors, and shop managers.
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Dashboard widget manager
- Toggle common core dashboard widgets per role.
- Keeps the Dashboard focused on only what each role needs.
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Admin UI customization
- Replace the default admin footer text.
- Hide the front-end admin bar for specific roles.
- Uses safe sanitization for saved values.
Included in this free version
- Admin menu control
- Dashboard widget control
- Admin footer customization
- Front-end admin bar visibility by role
Not included in this free version
- Role-based wp-admin access restriction
- Performance tuning options
- Login branding and role-based login redirects
- XML-RPC and hardening toggles
Usage
- Open Settings -> Admin Toolkit.
- Choose a tab:
- Admin menu control – hide selected menu slugs per role.
- Dashboard widgets – hide selected core dashboard widgets per role.
- Admin UI customization – set custom footer text and admin bar visibility.
- Save changes.
Tips
- Menu slug list is generated from current admin menus.
If a plugin menu is missing, open any admin page once, then reload the tab. - Role-based settings apply to users who have that role.
- Front-end admin bar visibility only affects the site front end, not wp-admin screens.
Uninstall
When deleted from the Plugins screen, the plugin removes its saved option (afamt_options).
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